THE COMPANION FOR THE ORCHARD

(POMOLOGY). PHILLIPS, HENRY

Edité par Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, London, 1831

230 x 145 mm. (9 x 5 3/4"). [2] p.l., ix [1], 372 pp., [2] leaves (ads). Original boards, with later gray holland backing, hinges repaired with fabric tape. Three plates depicting the anatomy of flowers. Title page with ink owner's inscription of "N. O. Booth." Original boards a little soiled, corners and edges showing expected wear, but the restored binding solid and rather appealing. A few light stains and corner creases, plates and adjacent pages somewhat foxed, otherwise very clean and fresh internally. This is a pleasing copy featuring original boards of an English work on fruit trees by an author of some importance. Henry Phillips (1778-1840) was a horticultural writer working out of Brighton and London who was a fellow of the Horticultural Society and the Linnean Society. He published a number of works on various aspects of plants; "Companion for the Orchard" is a republication of his 1820 "Pomarium Brittanicum," and ours is the initial edition of this republication. In it, Phillips provides an overview of all fruits grown in Britain. He explains the history of each plant and its name, often drawing on Classical sources, and describes its current cultivation and medicinal and culinary uses. The provenance of this book is fitting: N. O. Booth is likely Nathaniel O. Booth, a later American horticulturalist associated with the New York Agricultural Experiment Station at Cornell University, who assisted with the writing of the works "Grapes of New York" and "Apples of New York.". N° de réf. du vendeur ST19567-123

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Titre : THE COMPANION FOR THE ORCHARD
Éditeur : Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, London
Date d'édition : 1831
Edition : New Edition.